ARQUIUSPRITE: But why, lord broARQUIUSPRITE: I was just about to pony up the boob fa%ARQUIUSPRITE: There is a 100% probability that you would have been thrilled to hear my e%egesis on troll knockersDIRK: It might have been an interesting subject to talk about another time, with a different person.DIRK: But that's not now, and it sure isn't with you.ARQUIUSPRITE: Dude, that is ice coldARQUIUSPRITE: I would be hurt, if I were not a flawless machine fused with haughty nobilityARQUIUSPRITE: If you don't wish to hear my epic monodialogue on alien bazongasARQUIUSPRITE: I'm not sure what else I can do to entertain youARQUIUSPRITE: You are seriously hoofcuffing my material hereARQUIUSPRITE: Pretty demanding, if you ask meARQUIUSPRITE: But as your mystical guide, I suppose it is my duty to manufacture small talk, if that's what you really wantARQUIUSPRITE: What about fine art? We could talk about thatARQUIUSPRITE: Dirk, did you know the sweaty troll guy who I used to be, and still kind of am, used to adore fine art?ARQUIUSPRITE: He was just like you and me, in that senseARQUIUSPRITE: It seems I have a lot in common with myselfARQUIUSPRITE: If you can ever manage to get over yourself, I would highly recommend being meARQUIUSPRITE: Or at least something like meARQUIUSPRITE: Maybe somewhere, there is a dead troll out there, just waiting for you to merge with himDIRK: I wasn't asking you to make small talk, or to hear about all the ways you've managed to shit around wasting time.DIRK: Believe it or not, I was hoping you would describe the tactical situation there.ARQUIUSPRITE: Sounds boringARQUIUSPRITE: Are you sure you don't want to talk about paintings of big naked horse monsters and such?DIRK: Yes, you got me.DIRK: I would love to have a long talk about horse nudes and xenobreasts with you.DIRK: Unfortunately I'm wearing pantaloons and flying through the middle of goddamn nowhere.ARQUIUSPRITE: Pantaloons you sayDIRK: Pant a fucking loons.ARQUIUSPRITE: Sir, are you implying that you are not dressed appropriately for a discussion of high cultureARQUIUSPRITE: Because it seems to me that you could not be dressed more appropriately if you triedDIRK: I respectfully disagree.ARQUIUSPRITE: Where are you?DIRK: I don't know. Way out in space.DIRK: I'm flying back there now.ARQUIUSPRITE: How long do you suppose it will take you to get back?DIRK: I'm not sure.DIRK: A pretty good while.ARQUIUSPRITE: Never mind. I have triangulated your location and velocity using long range sensor technology, and probably also some sprite magicDIRK: You did?ARQUIUSPRITE: Hey DirkARQUIUSPRITE: Remember how whenever I dubiously claimed to have triangulated something, it was always this great play on words?DIRK: Not really.ARQUIUSPRITE: Because I was just a pair of trianglesARQUIUSPRITE: But not anymoreDIRK: I know.ARQUIUSPRITE: Because I have this rockin' new torsoDIRK: Cool.DIRK: How long do your calculations say it will take me to get back?ARQUIUSPRITE: E%actly a little more than three hoursDIRK: Damn it.ARQUIUSPRITE: Additional sweeps from my STRONGLASERS are telling me there are a few other people on the periphery of the session closing in at a similar rateDIRK: Who?ARQUIUSPRITE: Just some dudesARQUIUSPRITE: What are you doing all the way out there and wearing pantaloons, by the wayDIRK: Let's not talk about the pantaloons anymore.DIRK: Roxy and I became god tiers, but I don't remember exactly how.DIRK: Then I saw the Batterwitch.DIRK: So I charged her with my sword, so as to ruin her shit.DIRK: That's when some crazy wolf girl appeared and punched me in the face.DIRK: Then I think she teleported me out here.ARQUIUSPRITE: That was evil JadeDIRK: Evil Jade??ARQUIUSPRITE: YesDIRK: You mean Jake's grandmother.ARQUIUSPRITE: YesDIRK: She's evil too?ARQUIUSPRITE: YesDIRK: Is anyone there NOT evil?ARQUIUSPRITE: YesDIRK: Yes what?ARQUIUSPRITE: Yes anyone here is not evilARQUIUSPRITE: That is to say, there e%ist people here who are not evilARQUIUSPRITE: Such as DaveARQUIUSPRITE: Dave is not evil, to my knowledgeDIRK: Dave???

That was the last update for a good while. I'll say more about the pause soon.

The flash: song was an old and good one by Malcolm Brown, whose name I'd hope you would be familiar with by now. Art contributed by Adrienne, Ikimaru, Guzusuru, Shelby, and Rah. Great to work with all these people again. As has always been the case, the enthusiasm for the story by all contributors really shows in the work they do, and makes the final animation result feel a lot more special than it otherwise would be. A big thanks to all these artists, along with anyone else who ever left their artistic mark on this story.

9828 had a song and a drawing by James Roach and Ipgd respectively. Whoa, those are respectively very very good. The doomsday screed is by this son of a bozo, and it does appear to have motivated quite a STRONG wave of selfie posting. Maybe enough to even save the website from old man Hussie? Guess we'll find out. Hmm, sure does seem like Homestuck has a lot of good lookin' readers. I must say I am impressed. I have taken quite an extensive tour through your offerings and I have yet to find an unattractive face in front of Arquiusprite's tremendous buttocks. Kudos to every single selfie-snapper for being so preposterously photogenic. Just, wow. People have got a couple tumblrarchives already if you want to take a look. I don't know which of those is "better," or more exhaustive, but you know what, a little competition never killed anybody. I guess they can be like the Coke and Pepsi of this baloney ass stunt, for as long as people wanna keep pointing phones at their own faces.

Starting now, We Love Fine will become the primary seller of Homestuck products. Almost everything from the What Pumpkin store will be gradually moved over to the We Love Fine store over the next few weeks. We're also working on a lot of cool new things, which will show up in the WLF store over the following months.

WLF is also running another shirt design contest this month. There were a whole lot of great entries last time, and many of them ended up getting printed. Maybe YOU have a cool idea for a shirt this time around?? I would like to see it!

In closing, I will say this. We Love Fine is a great company! I've worked with them for a couple years already. The people there are VERY enthusiastic about making great stuff for fandoms. Take a look around their site. There's a good chance you will see stuff for other properties you like as well. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they're going to make for Homestuck!